If you are not spamming Anarchy, you are wrong.

Sabin the Gre · 05-20-2005, 11:26 PM

OK, the title was to get your attention, now here is the reason. Anarchy is arguably the best spell we get, period. As listed it gives a 10% chance to proc in the 300-550 range (wayyyyy more at Master 1) and about 258 mitigation to ENTIRE GROUP (whether this works or not is debateable) at adept 3. It makes we want to put down my mouse when Berserkers aren't hitting this spell every single time its available. Some people will say the cast is slow, but considering its going to fire about 3 times for you alone thats a small cost. Three seconds for 900-1650 extra damage is a [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] good trade IMO. But wait! There's more! Remember that this spell procs for everyone else using a melee attack as well. We'll just take a conservative guess that anarchic swing only procs for every other melee attacker in your group 1-2 times (in reality its closer to 2-3), that's an extra 300-1100 damage per melee person.

The other thing I hear alot is that it generates too much hate. Well obviously if you cast it right at the begging of a pull before your MT gets off a AOE taunt it will. Or if you cast Anarchy followed by Frenzy you're going to get something really really [Removed for Content] at you. But if you Anarchy, then Wallop, then Relentless Battering, THEN Frenzy, you should be fine.

The point is that if you have a Berserker in your group this spell should be going off as soon as its up, and if you have 2x Zerkers in a group it should never be down.

Friskc · 05-21-2005, 12:54 AM

Yea i agree sabin anarchy should never NOT used i dont know anyone that this is a issue where it's not being used it's awesome best weve got after all the nerf's. Athough i did just post on the gaurdian forum's about this gaurdian that has major aggro issue's (think it's mainly he doesnt have adept 3 taunt's ect) that his zerker buddy should not keep useing anarchy because he's going to get aggro everytime that's about it. any other time proc the hell out of it! I love useing it when raiding my gaurdian get just that lil much more hate from when he get's a anarchy swing i dont know a class that does not love our haste/procable spell's boy oh boy nothing like my zerker!! gota love em !!

Zerkin Fruy of the shard

Oggok

Guild Nerfed

Rabbit24 · 05-21-2005, 05:37 AM

In my opinion they should shave about 10 seconds off the recast so you can use it about once per fight. Too many times i find that anarchy still hasn't come back when i go to pull again. Aside from that love it; great spell. I use it as an aoe taunt also when the group gets adds. Its great because the hate generated is not encounter specific.

Friskc · 05-21-2005, 09:08 AM

Yea seems to be SOE dev's dont Actually play the game they just have peep's on the test server that give feedback which can really hurt us for things like these rampage is probably one of the lamest recast i have ever seen and of course it will never be taken care of like most thing's just maybe .. Maybe will get lucky when "every single skill is going to be looked at" as they said when the combat changes come out. or maybe well be SUPER NERFED like in the past ( more than likely ) seeing were not even going to have a level 40+ aoe raid taunt ROFL instead well have to pick a level 30 trait sound's super smart right lol!

Zerkin

Spike · 05-21-2005, 10:30 AM

If you raid, it is a must use. I had the guild leader wondering what anarchic swing was and said it was awesome, she is a templar btw. In a raid i use it as soon as its available. I think it is the best proc we have IMO. I love it, as long as you don't use it right off the bat you should have no problems with pulling aggro.

Ambergr · 05-22-2005, 05:02 PM

I'll certainly agree it's great SMILEY

The aggro on it a two edged sword - I sometimes deliberately hold off on it if I suspect wandering adds will be inc, as it is by far our best ( to my knowledge ) non-group AE taunt. If there are better then I'd be grateful of being corrected.

Pin StNeedl · 05-23-2005, 05:13 PM

I absolutely agree. Cast it early and often. If you don't want aggro from the cast, then cast pre-pull and go easy for 5secs either side of the re-cast.

The damage a melee char gains from proc buffs is huge - I even parsed the Fury in my group at ~110dps in melee with his own buffs and Anarchy running (much higher than when he's nuking).

05-20-2005, 11:26 PM	#1
Sabin the Gre Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 199	OK, the title was to get your attention, now here is the reason. Anarchy is arguably the best spell we get, period. As listed it gives a 10% chance to proc in the 300-550 range (wayyyyy more at Master 1) and about 258 mitigation to ENTIRE GROUP (whether this works or not is debateable) at adept 3. It makes we want to put down my mouse when Berserkers aren't hitting this spell every single time its available. Some people will say the cast is slow, but considering its going to fire about 3 times for you alone thats a small cost. Three seconds for 900-1650 extra damage is a [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] good trade IMO. But wait! There's more! Remember that this spell procs for everyone else using a melee attack as well. We'll just take a conservative guess that anarchic swing only procs for every other melee attacker in your group 1-2 times (in reality its closer to 2-3), that's an extra 300-1100 damage per melee person. The other thing I hear alot is that it generates too much hate. Well obviously if you cast it right at the begging of a pull before your MT gets off a AOE taunt it will. Or if you cast Anarchy followed by Frenzy you're going to get something really really [Removed for Content] at you. But if you Anarchy, then Wallop, then Relentless Battering, THEN Frenzy, you should be fine. The point is that if you have a Berserker in your group this spell should be going off as soon as its up, and if you have 2x Zerkers in a group it should never be down. __________________ Sabin Server: Steamfont Class: 60 Berserker Artisan: 50 Armorer http://eq2players.station.sony.com/en/pplayer.vm?characterId=212472208

05-21-2005, 10:30 AM	#5
Spike General Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 69	If you raid, it is a must use. I had the guild leader wondering what anarchic swing was and said it was awesome, she is a templar btw. In a raid i use it as soon as its available. I think it is the best proc we have IMO. I love it, as long as you don't use it right off the bat you should have no problems with pulling aggro. __________________ 3rd level 70 Berserker on Nektulos

05-22-2005, 05:02 PM	#6
Ambergr Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 19	I'll certainly agree it's great The aggro on it a two edged sword - I sometimes deliberately hold off on it if I suspect wandering adds will be inc, as it is by far our best ( to my knowledge ) non-group AE taunt. If there are better then I'd be grateful of being corrected. __________________ Soappina the depressing ranger (45 retired) Baleen the much more fun berserker (50 for now )

05-21-2005, 12:54 AM	#2
Friskc Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 61	Yea i agree sabin anarchy should never NOT used i dont know anyone that this is a issue where it's not being used it's awesome best weve got after all the nerf's. Athough i did just post on the gaurdian forum's about this gaurdian that has major aggro issue's (think it's mainly he doesnt have adept 3 taunt's ect) that his zerker buddy should not keep useing anarchy because he's going to get aggro everytime that's about it. any other time proc the hell out of it! I love useing it when raiding my gaurdian get just that lil much more hate from when he get's a anarchy swing i dont know a class that does not love our haste/procable spell's boy oh boy nothing like my zerker!! gota love em !! Zerkin Fruy of the shard Oggok Guild Nerfed

05-21-2005, 05:37 AM	#3
Rabbit24 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 29	In my opinion they should shave about 10 seconds off the recast so you can use it about once per fight. Too many times i find that anarchy still hasn't come back when i go to pull again. Aside from that love it; great spell. I use it as an aoe taunt also when the group gets adds. Its great because the hate generated is not encounter specific.

05-21-2005, 09:08 AM	#4
Friskc Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 61	Yea seems to be SOE dev's dont Actually play the game they just have peep's on the test server that give feedback which can really hurt us for things like these rampage is probably one of the lamest recast i have ever seen and of course it will never be taken care of like most thing's just maybe .. Maybe will get lucky when "every single skill is going to be looked at" as they said when the combat changes come out. or maybe well be SUPER NERFED like in the past ( more than likely ) seeing were not even going to have a level 40+ aoe raid taunt ROFL instead well have to pick a level 30 trait sound's super smart right lol! Zerkin

05-23-2005, 05:13 PM	#7
Pin StNeedl General Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 251	I absolutely agree. Cast it early and often. If you don't want aggro from the cast, then cast pre-pull and go easy for 5secs either side of the re-cast. The damage a melee char gains from proc buffs is huge - I even parsed the Fury in my group at ~110dps in melee with his own buffs and Anarchy running (much higher than when he's nuking).